Hunted, book six in Kevin Hearne's The Iron Druid Chronicles, begins with Atticus, Granuaile and Oberon in a race to find an open portal to the Tuatha De Danann plain of existence, while avoiding the vengeful grasp of the goddesses of the hunt, Artemis and Diana as well as other assorted members of the Greek and Roman pantheons.

Isaac, Lena and Nidhi are back in Codex Born the second book of the Magic Ex Libris series by Jim C. Hines. With the murder of a wendigo, a mysterious and powerful organization makes a reappearance after over 500 years of silence with an agenda to use Lena Greenwood (a dryad) as a weapon against the Porters.

In Paul Cornell's first urban fantasy novel London Falling four police officers infiltrating a powerful drug lord's gang come in contact with an artifact which gives them The Sight. They begin to see ghosts, demons and various oddities that seem to be invisible to everyone else. As Inspector Quill and his team deepen their investigation, they discover the drug lord (Toshack's) connection to a legend about the West Ham football team.

Mahala, a city built up not out, with a complex society run by a ruling elite from the bright upper levels while the darkness of the Under hides outlaws and forbidden secrets. Secrets such as the fact that bounty hunter/people finder Rojan Dizon is a pain mage and can draw magic from inflicting pain upon himself.

New Orleans is known for its mystical ways. Several authors have made it the stomping grounds for their novels. A new writer has established her urban fantasy in The Crescent City with the first novel in a planned series taking place just as hurricane Katrina hits. Suzanne Johnson's Royal Street introduces us to a Green Congress mage who goes by DJ. When the hurricane hits, more than physical structures are broken down -- things are getting loose in the magical world, too. With her mentor missing, DJ is faced with a new partner and keeping baddies from getting past the barrie